Annual Report 2025

The sustainability programme was updated in October 2025 based on current progress and strategic adjustments.

Sustainability Programme: Ethical Business

Focal point

 

Action plan

 

Time horizon

 

Status

Supply chain sustainability

 

Develop a list of actions for prevention and remedy purposes base the results of the CSR risk analysis

 

2025

 

finished

 

Conduct supplier development meetings

 

2026

 

started

 

Enhance our dialogue and collaboration with strategic vendor partners on mutual projects to drive environmental and social aspects along the supply chain.

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Development of a sustainable procurement strategy.

 

2025

 

finished

 

Introduction of dialogue formats taking into account the needs of stakeholders from the upstream value chain

 

2026

 

started

Compliance and anti-corruption

 

Expansion of the training programme for selected groups

 

2026

 

started

Social commitment

 

Support of the social commitment of our labour force

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Initiating own sustainable projects

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Successive expansion of the social commitment

 

2030

 

ongoing

Sustainability Programme: Environment

Focal point

 

Action plan

 

Time horizon

 

Status

Climate and energy

 

Development of SBTi-compliant climate targets (near-term and long-term) and a climate transition plan (near-term and long-term)

 

2025

 

finished

 

Monitoring of the neutralisation strategy and implementation with qualitative neutralisation partners

 

2050

 

started

 

Action management for the Climate Action Transition Plan

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Gradual conversion of further Bechtle Group locations to 100 % green electricity

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Gradually expand the company fleet with all-electric and hybrid vehicles and further expansion of the very high level of the charging infrastructure.

 

2030

 

ongoing

Sustainable logistics

 

Consolidating orders and making greater use of the Bechtle Box for transport to customers, whilst optimising the volume of goods shipped

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Reducing resource consumption in packaging

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Implement the sustainable logistics policy in further warehouses of the Bechtle Group (multi-warehouse strategy)

 

2030

 

ongoing

Circular economy

 

Preparation and further development of a centralised circular economy concept in the context of Bechtle Circular IT.

 

2025

 

finished

 

Development of the sales-side application of the circular economy concept in the context of sustainability.

 

2026

 

started

Sustainability Programme: People

Focal point

 

Action plan

 

Time horizon

 

Status

Employer attractiveness

 

Development of a HR strategy

 

2025

 

finished

 

Implementation of internal career paths such as expert careers, leadership development, specific programme for career jumpers, among others

 

2025

 

finished

 

Continuation of the programmes for internal career paths.

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Continuation of the decentralised employee satisfaction survey in the company

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Continuation of the leadership initiative, including through training sessions

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Continuous quality assurance of the Bechtle Academy programme

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Addressing young people in a target group-specific manner

 

2025

 

finished

Diversity and equal opportunity

 

Development of “trusted persons” approach and implementation of a pilot project

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Implementation of “trusted persons” within the Bechtle Group

 

2026

 

started

 

Implementation of short-term diversity actions

 

2030

 

started

 

 

Development of medium-term diversity actions

 

2023

 

ongoing

 

 

Development of a concept for Diversity Ambassadors and implementation of a pilot project

 

2030

 

ongoing

Health and safety

 

Continuous expansion of the group-wide occupational health management programme

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Further standardisation of our occupational health and safety protocols and fostering exchange on health-related topics across sites

 

2030

 

ongoing

Sustainability Programme: Digital Future

Focal point

 

Action plan

 

Time horizon

 

Status

Sustainable in-house digitalisation

 

Application and IT retirement: Identify and disassemble systems that cause process overlaps and unnecessary redundancies

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Use of 100 % renewable energy in our data centres

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

PUE value in our data centres of less than 1.3

 

2030

 

ongoing

Sustainable technologies, solutions and services

 

Develop and implement a learning path for the topic of sustainability

 

2026

 

started

 

Filter options from products in Bechtle Shop expand

 

2026

 

started

 

Further develop and position a sustainable IT portfolio of hardware, software, IT solutions and cloud solutions as well as services for our customers by including or positioning new, sustainable products and vendors in the product offering

 

2030

 

ongoing

Data security and protection

 

Expand the high level in the field of IT security and data protection, grow the number of DIN EN ISO 27001 and TISAX®-certified companies within the Bechtle Group.

 

2030

 

ongoing

 

Development of an information security strategy

 

2025

 

finished

 

Analyse security-critical components as part of our Service Life Cycle Management.

 

2030

 

ongoing